CHAPTER XX. 



WINTEB MANAGEMENT - CONTINUED. 



HAY KACKS WATER FOR SHEEP IN WINTER AMOUNT 



OF FOOD CONSUMED BY SHEEP IN WINTER VALUE OF 



DIFFERENT FODDERS NUTRITIVE EQUIVALENTS MIXED 



FEEDS FATTENING SHEEP IN WINTER REGULARITY IN 



FEEDING. 



HAY RACKS. A great variety of racks for sheep have 

 been introduced into use, but for double and portable ones 

 for ordinary purposes, those of the form exhibited in the 

 annexed cut are generally preferred. The corner posts are 2 



by 2| or 3 inches in 

 size, and are 2 feet 8 or 

 10 inches long some- 

 times 3 feet, where the 

 racks are to be used as 

 partitions. The side 

 an( l er l d . Boards are an 

 inch thick, the upper 



ones six and the lower ones nine inches wide. The perpen- 

 dicular slats are three-fourths of an inch thick, seven inches 

 wide and seven inches apart, fastened to their places by 

 wrought and well clenched nails. Each slat requires four 

 nails, instead of two as represented in cut. The slats are 

 highly useful in keeping in hay, but their principal object is 

 to prevent the sheep from crowding. They give every sheep 

 fourteen inches at the rack while eating. This is a liberal 

 allowance for the Merino; but the English sheep requires 

 more room. The ordinary breadth of the rack is two and a 

 half feet, and the length depends upon circumstances. Those 

 intended to be moved often are usually made ten feet long. 

 They should be so light that a man standing inside of one of 

 them can readily carry it about. 



Single or wall racks to be used against the walls of stables 

 and other places where the sheep can approach them but on 



